Low birth weight: Cuban scientific productionin Scopus, 2000-2021
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Yoleiny de la Caridad Lescalle-Ortiz [1] ; Damarys Cabrera-Mejico [1] ; Geidy Barrios-Ferreiro [1] ; Lesvya Portales-Robaina [1] ; Yuselys de la Caridad Cordero-Cabrera [1] ; Arsenia Echevarría-Sotres [1]
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[1] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
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- Localización: Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication, ISSN 2709-7595, ISSN-e 2709-3158, Vol. 2, Nº. 3, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication)
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Objective. The study of birth weight determines great value for satisfactory growth and development. The monitoring of these patients is a priority within the goals of the Maternal and Child Care Pro-gram. This paper aims to describe the Cuban scientific production on low birth weight in the Scopus database. Design/Methodology/Approach. This is observational, descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective re-search. A bibliometric analysis was employed in Scopus articles indexed during 2000-2021. Results/Discussion. A total of 178 articles were identified, where 161 were original. The most produc-tive year was 2001 (n=16), the thematic area of Medicine (n=171), and the language Spanish (n=150). Cooperation was found with 21 countries, the United States (n=9), Argentina (n=6), and Switzerland (6), the most productive. Forty-six journals where the articles were published were identified, and Cuban institutions published 12. One hundred fifty-one terms with an occurrence more significant than 10 were identified, with birth weight being the highest occurrence (n=304). The terms were grouped into 5 clusters. Conclusions. There was a low scientific production on low birth weight in Scopus with Cuban authorship, written mainly in Spanish and published primarily in Cuban journals. There is a marked international collaboration.
